1.turn out 结果
If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.
如果我早知道自己的人生结局会是如此，我当时宁愿让他们杀了我。
2.go after 追求
We're not going after civilian targets.
我们不会以民用设施为打击目标。
3.fight against 反对
He died after a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness.
在与绝症进行了一番勇敢但却徒劳的抗争之后，他还是去世了。
4.natural gas 天然气
Today, oil and natural gas have replaced coal and wood in most areas.
如今在大部分地区，燃油和天然气已经取代了煤炭和木头。
5.short-lived 短暂的
Any hope that the speech would end the war was short-lived
期待这场演讲能结束战争的希望很快便破灭了。
